# трава
## Belarusian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [traˈva]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

трава́ • (travá) f inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural траў or тра́ваў, relational adjective травяны́, diminutive тра́ўка)
* grass
* herb
* weed

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

### References

* “трава” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtrava]
* Hyphenation: тра‧ва

### Noun

трава • (trava) f (plural трави)
* (dialectal) grass
* (slang, dialectal) weed (marijuana)

#### Synonyms

* (standard): трева f (treva)

### References

* “трава” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Old Church Slavonic
### Alternative forms

* трѣва (trěva)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

### Noun

трава • (trava) f
* grass
* plants

#### Declension
### References

* “трава”, in GORAZD (overall work in Czech, English, and Russian), http://gorazd.org, 2016—2025
* Janyšková, Ilona, editor (2012), “trava”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka staroslověnského [Etymological Dictionary of the Old Church Slavonic Language] (in Czech), numbers 16 (sьde – trъtъ), Brno: Tribun EU, →ISBN, page 975

## Old East Slavic
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

### Noun

трава (trava) f
* grass

## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak tráva, from Proto-Slavic *trava. Cognates include Carpathian Rusyn трава́ (travá) and Slovak tráva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtrava]
* Rhymes: -ava
* Hyphenation: тра‧ва

### Noun

трава (trava) f (diminutive травичка or травка, related adjective травов or травни)
* grass
* herb
* weed

#### Related terms

* травар m pers (travar)
* траварка f (travarka)
* траварство n (travarstvo)
* травнїк m inan (travnjik)
* травянка f (travjanka)

### References

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “трава”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “grass”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 128
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “herb”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 136
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “weed”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 373

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava (“grass”).
Related to трави́ть (travítʹ, “to spoil or damage the grass”) and тере́ть (terétʹ, “to rub”). Possibly a cognate of Ancient Greek τρώγω (trṓgō, “I eat, devour”).(Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [trɐˈva]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

трава́ • (travá) f inan (genitive травы́, nominative plural тра́вы, genitive plural трав, relational adjective травяно́й, diminutive тра́вка or трави́нка)
* grass
* herb
    медоно́сные тра́вы ― medonósnyje trávy ― melliferous herbs
* weed
* (slang) marijuana, weed; any other plant drug
    Synonym: травка (travka)

#### Derived terms

Adjectives
* тра́вный (trávnyj)
* травяни́стый (travjanístyj)
Nouns
* тра́вонька f (trávonʹka)
* тра́вушка f (trávuška)

#### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трава”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “трава”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 255

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trǎːʋa/
* Hyphenation: тра‧ва

### Noun

тра́ва f (Latin spelling tráva)
* (uncountable) grass
* herb
* (slang) weed, pot
    Он с(ј)еди на свом кревету пушећи траву и читајући Достојевског.He's sitting on his bed, smoking pot and reading Dostoyevsky.

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:trava.

### Further reading

* “трава”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trava.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [trɐˈʋa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

трава́ • (travá) f inan (genitive трави́, nominative plural тра́ви, genitive plural трав, relational adjective трав'яни́й, diminutive тра́вка)
* grass
* herb
* weed

#### Declension
### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “трава”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “трава”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)